Social Security (Exempt Lump Sums - Disability Sporting Grants) Determination 2019

This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sums - Disability Sporting Grants) Determination 2019.

This instrument commences on the day after registration.

This instrument is made under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.

In this instrument:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

APC means the Australian Paralympic Committee.

ASC means the Australian Sports Commission.

athlete support means financial support for a person to prepare for a major sporting event or events.

CGA means Commonwealth Games Australia.

disability sporting grant means a one-off payment to a person with a disability, for the purpose of athlete support, where that payment is made by:

the ASC; or the APC, CGA, or an NSO, using funds provided by the ASC.

disability support pension is a payment made under Part 2.3 of the Act.

NSO means an Australian national sporting organisation, including a national sporting organisation for people with a disability, recognised by the ASC.

receive has the same meaning as in section 23 of the Act.

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

If a person receives a disability sporting grant on a day in relation to which the person is also receiving a disability support pension, the amount of that disability sporting grant is an exempt lump sum, in respect of the person, for the purposes of the Act.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Disability Sporting Grants) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2009

1 The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument